Ansel Adams was a photographer and a conservationist who was born on February
             20,1902. He was born at 114 Maple Street in San Francisco and he was the only
             child of Olive and Charles ("Ansel Adams" 1). He lived his child hood with his
             parents on the tip of the San Francisco peninsula at Land's End ("Ansel Adams:
             One of the Greatest Photographers of All Time" 1).
             As a child Adams was not the best of a school student. His parents attempted to
             send him to several different public and private schools in their area to give
             their child an education. At the young age of twelve in 1915, Ansel Adams was
             expelled from school ("Ansel Adams" 1). From that point on his parents felt that
             it would be best for him to study at home, private tutors would teach Ansel.
             That same year his father bought him a season pass to the Panama-Pacific
             Exposition, Ansel visits it almost everyday (1).
             As a child Ansel Adams was interested in several activities. Some of these
             included architecture, technology, music, and art ("Ansel Adams: One of The
             Greatest Photographers of All Times" 1) He was also interested in landscape; he
             would spend several hours exploring the land around San Francisco. The one that
             got his most attention was music. When he was young Adams planned on music
             becoming his career. His dream was to become a professional pianist ("Masters of
             Ansel Adams first became associated with the camera at the age of fourteen (1).
             He had read a book about Yosemite Valley, which would soon change his life.
             After reading the book he begged his parents to visit the valley for their next
             vacation. When the family arrived at the Valley Ansel in 1916 parents gave him a
             camera, while on the vacation he began exploring the land and taking photographs
             ("One of The Greatest Photographers of All Time" 2).
             Ansel got his first job at the sierra Club's LeConte Memorial Lodge located in
             Yosemite at the age of eighteen (2...